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Astronaut: SpaceX Dragon beats shuttle, Soyuz for launching

by Marcia Dunn
| November 19, 2020 11:06 AM

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The most experienced astronaut on SpaceX’s newly launched crew said Thursday that riding a Dragon capsule to orbit is like being inside the actual mythical beast, and a lot more fun than NASA's shuttles or Russian flights.

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